春试 Traditional form: 春試 Pinyin (reading): chūnshì Definitions: metropolitan civil service examination (held triennially in spring in imperial times) Characters: 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton 试 - to try, to experiment; exam, test Traditional characters: 春 - springtime; joyful, lustful, wanton 試 - to try, to experiment; exam, test